I'm convinced that art and science activate the same parts of the brain.

- Frank Wilczek

Why is there something rather than nothing?

- Frank Wilczek

An ordinary mistake is one that leads to a dead end, while a profound mistake is one that leads to progress. Anyone can make an ordinary mistake, but…

- Frank Wilczek

Many of my heroes, like Galileo, Maxwell, Newton and, less explicitly, Einstein thought what they were doing was finding out what God is. All of them…

- Frank Wilczek

The answer to the ancient question Why is there something rather than nothing would be that nothingis unstable.

- Frank Wilczek

I went off to college planning to major in math or philosophy-- of course, both those ideas are really the same idea.

- Frank Wilczek

In physics, your solution should convince a reasonable person. In math, you have to convince a person who's trying to make trouble. Ultimately, in ph…

- Frank Wilczek

I believe that everything you've said is not even wrong.

- Frank Wilczek

If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems. And that's a big mistake.

- Frank Wilczek